February 05, 2009

A piece-of-cake Valentine project: bend regular paper clips into little heart shapes. These are jumbo clips I got in a multi-color pack at Target for about $1.50, I think. I fished out the pink ones for this.

You could use them to leave love notes around. Or mark pages you like in magazines. Or hold tiny treat bags of candy shut. Or send a subtle message to the boss you have a crush on. Endless possibilities, really.

I LOVE these. If I would have just known earlier how easy this is! I was actually looking for hear-shaped paper clips all over when I got married and I found only very few and VERY expensive ones ... so in the end I changed plans and didn't use them. If I would have known back then ...

Those are so cute! Just made a few. Along with the previous comments, I too could not track down pink or red clips. So, to make the plain silver ones seem extra festive I painted them with nail polish and let them dry.

Try positioning it on the table EXACTLY like the "before" photo in the bottom picture. See that long end of wire on top, pointing to the left? Your goal is to get that part pointing downward, behind the rest of the paperclip.

Now pick it up and hold it in that same position.

Put your left index finger at the midpoint of the bottom edge of the paperclip and use your right hand to bend the right half of the paperclip upwards, making an "elbow" right there. Hope that helps!

Thanks for the GREAT TIP! I used to love making those gum wrapper links when I was a kid, this is SO much more useful- :)I read three books at a time (I think I maybe ADHD) so if I run out of bookmarks I ALWAYS have paper clips.I also loved your site, I am attracted to pretty colors.

cute... but was this photoshopped for some reason? Whay is the little end of the clip like twice as big after the bend? I assume the right side of the photo is supposed to be the sa,e size clip after the bend.

OMG! this is SOO cute! When I go back to school this fall, I am gonna make tons and give them to all of my friends. :) This is too cute! Too bad I don't have any colorfull paperclips! I only have the silver ones. Looks like I will just have to go out and buy some.

Thanks for this Idea! I was looking for a cute paper clip to buy because I wanted to crochet a bookmark and a crocheted chain then attatch the chain to a cute clip that would clip to the back cover of the book so that your book mark wouldn't fall out and would hang from the clip at the back while you read and just be put between the pages when you stop reading..

It is very cute and so easy, thank you very much for sharing the simple but marvelous ideaJ Now I’ve tried to make the paper clip heart-shaped, but it’s broken. I should take more thick one. I’ll use the info for my paper writing.

You could use them to leave love notes around. Or mark pages you like in magazines. Or hold tiny treat bags of candy shut. Or send a subtle message to the boss you have a crush on. Endless possibilities, really.

I LOVE these! I found them here last year, and since have spent many long phone calls @ my desk bending paper clips into hearts! I've sent so many out into my work world, and sometimes see them as they're cycled back to me. Love them love them! Instant smile-maker. :)

Hi Jessica. That is such an easy and cute idea. I like it very much and just posted it on my german blog: http://schoenstricken.de/2013/02/buroklammer-herzen-zum-valentinstag/Please see if that is ok for you. Of course I put a link to your site. Best from Berlin, Jessica

Any size will work. Hold the clip so it's positioned like in the "before" picture. Bend the big curved end upward, so it makes an "elbow" in the middle of the clip. The long straight leg of that part should naturally go downward behind the small curved end.